Clan Haldane

Clan Haldane
Crest: An eagle's head erased Or
Motto	Suffer
Chief
Martin Haldane
of Gleneagles
Seat	Gleneagles House
Historic seat	Gleneagles House & Airthrey Castle
Rival clans Clan Stewart

Clan Haldane is a Lowland Scottish clan.

Bernard, son of Brien, received from William the Lion the manor of Hauden between 1165 and 1171. A cadet of the house is believed to have settled in Strathearn and acquired lands which later became part of the barony of Gleneagles, where the chiefs of Clan Haldane still reside today. The name Gleneagles has nothing to do with the chief's heraldry but is derived from the Scottish Gaelic, eaglais, which means a church.

In 1296 Aylmer Haldane appears in the Ragman Rolls swearing fealty to Edward I of England. However he soon allied himself with Robert the Bruce in the struggle for Scottish independence. In 1312 Sir Simon Haldane received a charter for part of the lands of Bardrill in Streathearn from Sir John de Logy. Sir Simon married Matilda de Arnot and in doing so obtained extensive lands within the earldom of Lennox.

Sir John Haldane, third of Gleneagles was Lord Justice General of Scotland beyond the Forth, sheriff principal of Edinburgh and Master of the Household under James III of Scotland. In 1482 he resigned his lands in Fife, Stirlingshire and Perthshire to the Crown, and as a result received a charter that erected them into the free barony of Gleneagles. He was married to a daughter of Murdoch Menteith of Rusky, through whom he claimed the earldom of Lennox. He began a lengthy lawsuit which resulted in Stuart, Lord Darnley retaining the earldom but Gleneagles was compensated with one quarter of the lands.

In 1505, Sir James Haldane, fourth of Gleneagles was appointed Governor of Dunbar Castle. His son, Sir John Haldane, fifth of Gleneagles was responsible for erecting lands in Lennox and Perthshire that were not already part of Gleneagles into the barony of Haldane. The seat was then at Rusky House. He was killed at the Battle of Flodden in 1513.